Month: May 2012
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More bad news – RIP Lloyd Brevett & MCA
(Skatalites – Nimrod which has been completely scrubbed off YouTube. Odd.) Hmm after Nitro Deluxe the bad news keeps on coming, it always comes in threes…one you probably don’t know and the other you do. Of course everyone’s talking about the death of Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys – I’m sure as…
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RIP Nitro Deluxe
Heard via his record label Cutting Records on Facebook that Manny Scretching aka Nitro Deluxe has died. He was a house pioneer and creator of THAT synth line that appeared in millions of cutup house records- you might know him better from Altern-8’s Brutal-8-E which amongst many others samples or recreates large parts of this…
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John Peel’s Record Collection
It’s been floating around the blogotwitfaceosphere since Monday, but only really had a look now at the John Peel’s Record Collection site. Love the videos and photos, and small peek into his amazing collection. I hope at some point they allow access to the entire archive as a database, I’m sure some really good uses…
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RC 219: (Not) Space Disco 3.2: Loving the Alien
We continue the journey through space loving the gay alien with the second part of the Space Disco 3 show, this is mostly not space disco at all – hence the title – but a continuation of the journey from space disco to electro, funk and chicago house, featuring re-edits and remixes, as well as…